gardenia

See also: Gardenia, gardénia, gardènia, and gardênia

English

Gardenia brighamii

Etymology

From New Latin, named after Scottish naturalist Dr. Alexander Garden.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑɹˈdinjə/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɑːˈdiːnjə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: gar‧de‧nia

Noun

gardenia (plural gardenias)

1. Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.
2. The flower of these plants.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 98:

     The aroma given off by flowers has an aphrodisiac effect, especially on women. This is so particularly in the case of lilies of the valley, gardenia, frangipani, and henna.

   • 2003, Toni Morrison, Love, Vintage (2016), page 125:

     Heed remembered the baby-powder smell from the bowl of gardenias, their edges browning like toast.

Derived terms

• native gardenia

Translations

tree or shrub of the genus Gardenia

• Bulgarian: гардения f (gardenija)
• Catalan: gardènia f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 梔子 / 栀子 (zh) (zhīzi)

• Czech: gardénie f
• Finnish: gardenia (fi)
• French: gardénia (fr) m
• Friulian: gardenie f
• Galician: gardenia (gl) f
• German: Gardenie f
• Greek: γαρδένια (el) f (gardénia)
• Hawaiian: kiele
• Italian: gardenia (it) f
• Japanese: クチナシ (ja) (kuchinashi)
• Malay: cempaka (ms)
• Māori: tīare
• Nepali: इन्द्रकमल (indrakamal)
• Polish: gardenia (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: gardênia (pt) f

  European Portuguese: gardénia (pt) f

• Romanian: gardenie (ro) f
• Russian: гарде́ния (ru) f (gardɛ́nija)
• Samoan: tiale
• Slovak: gardénia f
• Spanish: gardenia (es) f
• Tagalog: gardenya
• Tahitian: tiare
• Tongan: siale

See also

• Cape jasmine (Gardenia jasminoides)

References

• Gardenia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gardenia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Gardenia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• areading, drainage

Finnish

Etymology

From taxonomic name Gardenia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑrdeniɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝rde̞ˌniɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): gar‧de‧ni‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): gar‧de‧nia

Noun

gardenia

1. gardenia

Declension

Inflection of gardenia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		gardenia	gardeniat
genitive		gardenian	gardenioiden gardenioitten
partitive		gardeniaa	gardenioita
illative		gardeniaan	gardenioihin
		singular	plural
nominative		gardenia	gardeniat
accusative	nom.	gardenia	gardeniat
	gen.	gardenian
genitive		gardenian	gardenioiden gardenioitten gardeniain rare
partitive		gardeniaa	gardenioita
inessive		gardeniassa	gardenioissa
elative		gardeniasta	gardenioista
illative		gardeniaan	gardenioihin
adessive		gardenialla	gardenioilla
ablative		gardenialta	gardenioilta
allative		gardenialle	gardenioille
essive		gardeniana	gardenioina
translative		gardeniaksi	gardenioiksi
abessive		gardeniatta	gardenioitta
instructive		—	gardenioin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of gardenia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative gardeniani gardeniani accusative nom. gardeniani gardeniani gen. gardeniani genitive gardeniani gardenioideni gardenioitteni gardeniaini rare partitive gardeniaani gardenioitani inessive gardeniassani gardenioissani elative gardeniastani gardenioistani illative gardeniaani gardenioihini adessive gardeniallani gardenioillani ablative gardenialtani gardenioiltani allative gardenialleni gardenioilleni essive gardenianani gardenioinani translative gardeniakseni gardenioikseni abessive gardeniattani gardenioittani instructive — — comitative — gardenioineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative gardeniasi gardeniasi accusative nom. gardeniasi gardeniasi gen. gardeniasi genitive gardeniasi gardenioidesi gardenioittesi gardeniaisi rare partitive gardeniaasi gardenioitasi inessive gardeniassasi gardenioissasi elative gardeniastasi gardenioistasi illative gardeniaasi gardenioihisi adessive gardeniallasi gardenioillasi ablative gardenialtasi gardenioiltasi allative gardeniallesi gardenioillesi essive gardenianasi gardenioinasi translative gardeniaksesi gardenioiksesi abessive gardeniattasi gardenioittasi instructive — — comitative — gardenioinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative gardeniamme gardeniamme accusative nom. gardeniamme gardeniamme gen. gardeniamme genitive gardeniamme gardenioidemme gardenioittemme gardeniaimme rare partitive gardeniaamme gardenioitamme inessive gardeniassamme gardenioissamme elative gardeniastamme gardenioistamme illative gardeniaamme gardenioihimme adessive gardeniallamme gardenioillamme ablative gardenialtamme gardenioiltamme allative gardeniallemme gardenioillemme essive gardenianamme gardenioinamme translative gardeniaksemme gardenioiksemme abessive gardeniattamme gardenioittamme instructive — — comitative — gardenioinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative gardenianne gardenianne accusative nom. gardenianne gardenianne gen. gardenianne genitive gardenianne gardenioidenne gardenioittenne gardeniainne rare partitive gardeniaanne gardenioitanne inessive gardeniassanne gardenioissanne elative gardeniastanne gardenioistanne illative gardeniaanne gardenioihinne adessive gardeniallanne gardenioillanne ablative gardenialtanne gardenioiltanne allative gardeniallenne gardenioillenne essive gardeniananne gardenioinanne translative gardeniaksenne gardenioiksenne abessive gardeniattanne gardenioittanne instructive — — comitative — gardenioinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative gardeniansa gardeniansa accusative nom. gardeniansa gardeniansa gen. gardeniansa genitive gardeniansa gardenioidensa gardenioittensa gardeniainsa rare partitive gardeniaansa gardenioitaan gardenioitansa inessive gardeniassaan gardeniassansa gardenioissaan gardenioissansa elative gardeniastaan gardeniastansa gardenioistaan gardenioistansa illative gardeniaansa gardenioihinsa adessive gardeniallaan gardeniallansa gardenioillaan gardenioillansa ablative gardenialtaan gardenialtansa gardenioiltaan gardenioiltansa allative gardenialleen gardeniallensa gardenioilleen gardenioillensa essive gardenianaan gardenianansa gardenioinaan gardenioinansa translative gardeniakseen gardeniaksensa gardenioikseen gardenioiksensa abessive gardeniattaan gardeniattansa gardenioittaan gardenioittansa instructive — — comitative — gardenioineen gardenioinensa

Further reading

• “gardenia”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡarˈdɛ.nja/
• Rhymes: -ɛnja
• Hyphenation: gar‧dè‧nia

Noun

gardenia f (plural gardenie)

1. gardenia

Further reading

• gardenia in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• gardenia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• idrangea, indagare, randagie

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡarˈdɛɲ.ja/
• Rhymes: -ɛɲja
• Syllabification: gar‧den‧ia

Noun

gardenia f

1. gardenia (any plant of the genus Gardenia)

Declension

Declension of gardenia

	singular	plural
nominative	gardenia	gardenie
genitive	gardenii	gardenii/gardenij (archaic)
dative	gardenii	gardeniom
accusative	gardenię	gardenie
instrumental	gardenią	gardeniami
locative	gardenii	gardeniach
vocative	gardenio	gardenie

Further reading

• gardenia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gardenia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾˈdenja/ [ɡaɾˈð̞e.nja]
• Rhymes: -enja
• Syllabification: gar‧de‧nia

Noun

gardenia f (plural gardenias)

1. gardenia

Further reading

• “gardenia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025